Golden Hour

22042015

This weeks lesson was all about the Golden Hour. That is the hour after sunrise and before sunset when the sun is low in the sky and the light is warm. I took this weeks photo in our dining room around 7:20 where sunset was supposed to be around 8:15.

I used Lightroom to increase the temp and used OnOne Perfect Effects HDR filter to enhance the bottles and the screen. The photo of the red maple was taken in the morning around 8 am. A little after the golden hour but as close to sunrise and I am likely to get most days.

I increased the vibrance, which made the green a little brighter. The following photo was also taken in the dining room Used a plaster head that I made in Jr. High in art class. I decreased the exposure to make the background darker.

I tool the following photos in April, 2009 in Portland, Maine. I took them from our hotel room window. I woke up (probably because of my snoring husband) and couldn’t get back to sleep. We had a great view of the water and the sea gulls kept me entertained.

Share this:

Like this:

Related

Actions

Information

3 responses

19102015

needlepointernc(12:50:40) :

rickytimson Apr 27
Selected for critique: This is exciting for me. I love the light. I love that the image contains the grid of mullions which give a nice structure to this image and they are perfectly vertical and horizontal. The bokeh in the background is lovely and the orbs of bokeh are repeated in hot spots on the blue bottles. The color scheme of blue/orange is complementary, so it works very well. The position of the bottles to the left is a great choice. Well done!

Allison Haggartyon Apr 27
Nice composition and colour balance.

Roseanne Miracleon Apr 26
selective focus on the bottles is eye-catching, but then the golden light texture of the screen says, hey, look at me too!

rickytims1 hour ago
Selected for critique: This is exciting for me. I love the light. I love that the image contains the grid of mullions which give a nice structure to this image and they are perfectly vertical and horizontal. The bokeh in the background is lovely and the orbs of bokeh are repeated in hot spots on the blue bottles. The color scheme of blue/orange is complementary, so it works very well. The position of the bottles to the left is a great choice. Well done!